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Sports and Pastimes

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	Foyers School Sports Day. Tea at the Pavillion on the Foyers Factory field - early 1930s. Photograph courtesy of Duncan MacDonald.
	Stratherick Young Farmers Seed and Root Show and sale 1959 at the Stratherrick Hall. Following the show, the exhibits were auctioned off to raise funds for prizes at organisations' yearly competitive events such as sheep shearing, hoeing matches, sheepdog trials and the Seed and Root Show itself. The show included a section for baking along with jams and preserves. Photograph courtesy of Willie Macintosh via Alister Chisholm.
	Foyers Tug-of-War team 1933 winners Northern Meeting (Inverness) & Culachy Challenge Cup at Glean Mhor Gathering (Fort Augustus), Strathnairn Games, Kinlochleven Games & Littlejohn Challenge Cup (Strathpepper Games). Back Row: W.Ross, W.J.Redmond. Middle Row: W.Cameron, A.Macleod, A.F.Gordon, A.Cameron. Front Row: D.J.Ross, K.J.MacPherson, F.E.Laughton. H.Gray, J.Forbes. Photograph courtesy of Duncan MacDonald.
	Tug-of-War Team 2. Photograph courtesy of Alistair Mackintosh.
	Fishing at Dores Bay (1). Photograph courtesy of Donny Mackintosh.
	Fishing at Dores Bay (2). A monster of a catch! Photograph courtesy of Donny Mackintosh.
	Simple amusement for a 10 year old in the 1920’s. No Playstation, no TV, no mobile phone! Photograph courtesy of Iain Cameron.
	Foyers BA tug of war team 1912. Winners Northern meeting (Inverness) & Glean Mhor gathering (Fort Augustus ) back H Macdonald ,W Finlayson, W Ross,F E Laughton , J Steel. Middle A Maclean, D Ross, E Eckles, D Gordon, H Gray. front D Maclennan ,D Maclean. Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm.
	The Foyers Pipe Band 1912. Photograph courtesy of Ala MacGruer.
	The Stratherrick Shinty Team c1909. From the left: Simon Cameron, Duncan Cameron, (another) Duncan Cameron, Archie Fraser, "Josie" Fraser, Tommy Fraser, Tom Ramsay, Hugh Goldie, Danny Cameron, (another) Simon Cameron, Jock "McCallum" MacDonald, Willie Fraser, Alistair Chisholm, Bob MacDonald. Photograph courtesy of Ala MacGruer.

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